LOS ANGELES , Sept. 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- When 17-year-old UCLA student Joseph Borna struggled to get into the college classes he needed, he encountered a problem familiar to students everywhere: full courses, long waitlists, unanswered emails and the constant hope that someone might suddenly drop. So Joseph built the tool he wished existed.
While completing his final UCLA coursework, Joseph launched ClassSwap, a student-focused platform that helps college students connect with classmates who want to switch courses or sections and receive alerts about relevant enrollment opportunities.
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Joseph Borna, 17-year-old UCLA student and founder of ClassSwap. ClassSwap helps college students connect around class swaps and enrollment opportunities.
Students often know exactly which class they need. The harder part is getting a seat. A required course may fill within minutes, and students can spend days refreshing enrollment portals, emailing professors for add codes, checking group chats or posting online in hopes that the right person sees their message.
"I kept thinking that there are students all over campus trying to solve the exact same problem separately," Joseph sai...